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(1)In England and Wales, a penalty is recoverable as if it were payable under an order of the High Court.
(2)In Scotland, a penalty may be enforced in the same manner as an extract registered decree arbitral bearing a warrant for execution issued by the sheriff court of any sheriffdom in Scotland.
(3)In Northern Ireland, a penalty is recoverable as if it were payable under an order of the High Court.
(4)Where action is taken under this section for the recovery of a penalty, the penalty—
(a)in relation to England and Wales, is to be treated for the purposes of section 98 of the Courts Act 2003 (register of judgments and orders etc) as if it were a judgment entered in the High Court;
(b)in relation to Northern Ireland, is to be treated for the purposes of Article 116 of the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/226 (N.I. 6)) (register of judgments) as if it were a judgment in respect of which an application has been accepted under Article 22 or 23(1) of that Order.
(5)In this section “penalty” means a penalty imposed by a penalty notice under section 36.
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